Comparison of the characteristics and outcome among patients suffering from out-of-hospital primary cardiac arrest and drowning victims in cardiac arrest

International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-12

  Grmec, Štefek ^a,b,c   Strnad, Matej ^a,b   Podgoršek, Dejan ^a,b  

^a Center for Emergency Medicine   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Asphyxia; Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Drowning; Outcome; Utstein style report

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CARDIAC PATIENT; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWNING; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY DELAY;

EID: 68249085588     PISSN: 18651372     EISSN: 18651380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12245-009-0084-0     Document Type: Article

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